massive wooden shingle lets drivers know they have crossed the Blue Line into the Adirondack Park. The route straightens out for the next into the village of Lake George, a popular tourist destination. It takes the name Canada Street, and NY 9N comes in from the west to run concurrently with. The two routes widen to a busy four-lane road past shops catering to a busy tourist trade. Shortly thereafter, NY 9L loops back to the parent route, after having followed the east shore of the lake that gives the village its name. At the northern end of the village of Lake George, NY 9N splits via Lake Shore Drive to follow the western shore, and US 9 itself takes a northwesterly turn to remain parallel with the Northway. Adirondack Park Past Lake George, US 9 enters the Adirondack Park. The next of the highway runs through the eastern section of the largest protected area east of the Mississippi, with vast tracts of Forest Preserve kept "forever wild" per the state constitution. Accordingly, US 9 remains a two-lane rural road, often very close to the Adirondack Northway, a section of Interstate 87, throughout the park. Development, traffic and population are minimal, the surrounding land is heavily wooded and the two roads cover very long distances between very small towns. After Lake George, there is another exit with the Northway, to ease access to the village by southbound traffic. US 9 remains very close to the Northway on its east side, resulting in another exit north. This serves Warrensburg, where NY 418 reaches its eastern terminus. The highway begins to move further away from the interstate, and further, NY 28 concludes its long bow-shaped route at a junction with US 9. Nearly north, at Chestertown, US 9 meets and joins NY 8, which carries it due west almost to Loon Lake. After crossing over a southwestern bay of the lake, US 9 turns right and is once again on its own, trending northeast alongside the lake's western shore to eventually reach the Northway again in . This exit serves only northbound traffic. A mile later, there is access to the other direction. The road begins to run along the west shore of Schroon Lake, in the process crossing into Essex County. Shortly after the county line, an access road leads to I-87 again. It is from here, past the hamlet of